Benitez Nightmare XI

[dave u]

What's with Ngog in there????

 

He's played about 2 games and all I can see from him is that he looks fast, which is more good than bad surely?

 

Couldn't bring myself to include Morientes.

[Jose Jones]

Itandje

 

Josemi

Pellegrino

Palletta

Dossena

 

Nunez

Lucas

Zenden

Gonzalez

 

Voronin

N'Gog

 

I don't reckon you can include Zenden in central midfield, as he was actually pretty good on the rare occasions he played there. As a left winger he was pretty terrible though. Can we not have a really unbalanced team with 4 left wingers? Leto, Gonzalez and Zenden, then add Crouch as no. 4 to keep Silverlining and the people who still bang on about Rafa’s team selection at Reading last year happy.

[GJM]

Few players have epitomised the gap between my optimism and harsh reality better than Mark Gonzalez.

 

I don't know (or particularly care) if he was great before he joined us, or if he is now having the season of his life some place. When he was with us, he was truly awful.

 

Away at Fulham, just before Athens, was possibly his worse (and last?) performance. I never lay into players at the game, but I was begging for Benitez to take him off as it was horrible to watch.

[G Richards]

Not all of the players in the nightmare XI were supposed to be regular starters in our strongest line up. A fair few of Rafa's 'misses' were either reasonable squad men or sold on for a few bob when we could bring in a clear upgrade. I'm happy with what Rafa has done with the squad over the past two years or so. It's clear to me the signings are, by and large, indicative of him now adopting more of a quality over quantity approach (when in his first few years it was the opposite, hence threads like this).

[captainharris]

Itandje

 

Josemi

Pellegrino

Palletta

Dossena

 

Nunez

Lucas

Zenden

Gonzalez

 

Voronin

N'Gog

 

Swap Gonzales for Leto and you've got some quality hair in that team.

[captainharris]

What's with Ngog in there????

 

He's played about 2 games and all I can see from him is that he looks fast, which is more good than bad surely?

 

That's what they said about Sean Dundee.

[TheBajan]

Who signed Carson?

[dave u]

Swap Gonzales for Leto and you've got some quality hair in that team.

 

Have you seen Gonzo lately? Not quite a Leto standard barnet, but pretty good nonetheless. A for ability, Gonzalez was much, much worse than Leto, as he was actually supposed to be really good. Leto was always a bit of a punt who might come good.

 

As for Zenden in the middle, yeah he was better than he was on the left but someone has to fill that place as he's as suitable as anyone.

[dave u]

Who signed Carson?

 

Rafa, but surely no-one is displacing Itandje from this team, least of all Carson who isn't that bad. He's just not good either.

[TheBajan]

Rafa, but surely no-one is displacing Itandje from this team, least of all Carson who isn't that bad. He's just not good either.

 

Depends on how you look at it. Itandje is rubbish, but I can't say I expected him to be any good. However, I am probably judging Carson a bit harshly based on his performances wearing jerseys for teams other than Liverpool.

[House of Dirk]

A Houllier nightmare XI for comparison, with a little creative licence

 

Arphexad

 

Song Xavier Biscan Traore

 

 

Cheyrou Ferri Diao Kewell

 

 

Diouf Le Tallec

[Neil G]

A Houllier nightmare XI for comparison, with a little creative licence

 

Arphexad

 

Song Xavier Biscan Traore

 

 

Cheyrou Ferri Diao Kewell

 

 

Diouf Le Tallec

 

 

Luzi in goal, Ziege left back, Diomede left mid.

[House of Dirk]

I had forgotten about Diomede. I only ever saw Luzi once in that game against the Chavs and thought about sticking him in. Ziege would be on the bench, he isnt going to displace dancing Djimi !

[silverlining]

Luzi in goal, Ziege left back, Diomede left mid.

 

I liked Ziege

[Lucky Pierre]

Ziege wasn't that bad, and Arphexad didnt play a second of competitive football as I recall, so as Dirk says, Luzi should be the goalie

[RobbieOR]

What about Diao?He played for half a seaon under Benitez.

[stringvest]

I thought they were both very ordinary footballers and I didn't like watching them play for Liverpool.

 

You're such a dick silverlining. Crouch would have won us number 6 if Benitez had played him in the final rather than your poster boy. Crouch is a great player. You are just proving your ignorance again in front of millions (well dozens).

[silverlining]

You're such a dick silverlining. Crouch would have won us number 6 if Benitez had played him in the final rather than your poster boy. Crouch is a great player. You are just proving your ignorance again in front of millions (well dozens).

 

1) Who's my poster boy? Kuyt? The lad who scored?

 

2) Crouch scored one important goal in his Liverpool career. Which admittedly, didn't have that many goals, or highlights, and didn't once ever reach double figures in the Premiership.

 

Apart from that, he was great, yeah. I almost wish he was still here, slowing our play up, missing headers, and generally being the worst striker out of any Top Four team.

[House of Dirk]

1) Who's my poster boy? Kuyt? The lad who scored?

 

2) Crouch scored one important goal in his Liverpool career. Which admittedly, didn't have that many goals, or highlights, and didn't once ever reach double figures in the Premiership.

 

Apart from that, he was great, yeah. I almost wish he was still here, slowing our play up, missing headers, and generally being the worst striker out of any Top Four team.

 

Nicholas Bendtner:whistle:

[silverlining]

Nicholas Bendtner:whistle:

 

OK, yeah maybe him.

[wiiksie]

Irony

 

1   /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪər-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-]

 

–noun, plural -nies.

1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.

 

For example:

 

Stringvest: "The Dirk Kuyt fanboys make me sick"

 

Stringvest: "Peter Crouch would have won us number 6"

 

hahaha dear oh dear.

[The Party Boy]

Couldn't bring myself to include Morientes.

 

But you included Bolo, tut tut

[Stu Monty]

1) Who's my poster boy? Kuyt? The lad who scored?

 

2) Crouch scored one important goal in his Liverpool career. Which admittedly, didn't have that many goals, or highlights, and didn't once ever reach double figures in the Premiership.

 

Apart from that, he was great, yeah. I almost wish he was still here, slowing our play up, missing headers, and generally being the worst striker out of any Top Four team.

 

Which one of the perfect hat-trick against Arsenal are we talking about?

 

Oh, one minute, you mean the one that put Utd out the cup don't you?

 

*Repeat to fade*

[stringvest]

Irony

 

1   /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪər-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-]

 

–noun, plural -nies.

1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.

 

For example:

 

Stringvest: "The Dirk Kuyt fanboys make me sick"

 

Stringvest: "Peter Crouch would have won us number 6"

 

hahaha dear oh dear.

 

Despite having full access to an online dictionary, Wiiksie still appears to not understand the meaning of irony. And you should only use quotation marks for direct quotes. Imagine the trouble a newspaper editor would get into if that happened.

[PaulMcC]

Sissoko was a good player for us. Brilliant at times.